Arizona Veterans Highway I-17 litter disgraces the veterans we should honor Sedona AZ (November 3, 2013) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, Gary Chamberlain, Vietnam Veteran and Folksville USA civic activist, reminds Arizonans that to protect and serve our country is everyone’s responsibility and duty: Dear Editor, Every day should be Veterans Day. All men and women in our Armed... 

Sedona AZ (August 2, 2013) – In a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor about the efforts of Folksville USA, the Director of  New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, Joseph Lobato, writes from Santa Fe: Gary Chamberlain Folksville USA Cornville, AZ 86325    Gary: Thank you for keeping me in the loop as to how your Adopt-A-Highway program is working in Arizona. The work that goes on behind the scenes... 

Sedona AZ (July 13, 2013) – Welcome to the beautiful Verde Valley!  Look around and enjoy the area.  As you enter Camp Verde and begin driving down Finnie Flats Road, what do you notice?  Do you see the beauty or do you see trash? When students enroll at the Camp Verde, Arizona, campus of the American Heritage Academy, its handbook requires participation in community service activities. This... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA, looks to his father and gives thanks in this Father’s Day tribute Sedona AZ (June 15, 2013) – My Father is not perfect and most fathers aren’t, myself included. My Father was a valuable role model in many respects and for that I am thankful. Too many children are missing good parents and role models. Though I will use the phrases “My Father” and... 

Sedona AZ (June 10, 2013) – In the past 60 days, trash filled Adopt-A-Highway blue bags for the following groups are being spotted. Thank you Knights of Columbus Council 2493 and Immaculate Conception Parish for an outstanding Arizona litter clean up effort with NO THANKS to the litterers. The virtual town of Folksville USA recognizes the groups below as the best Adopt-A-Highway coordinated effort... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Sedona AZ (June 7, 2013) – I would like to thank the Prescott Maintenance Department for its recent mowing of the shoulders of Highway 260 between Cottonwood MP-207 and Camp Verde MP-228. I would also like to thank the Flagstaff and Prescott Maintenance Departments for removing several large items on State Highway 89A and State Highway 260 over the... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Sedona AZ (February 12, 2013) – Many of the Arizona Adopt-A-Highway groups and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) can do better! The ADOT employees that get paid to manage the Adopt-A-Highway program are not getting the results the taxpayers deserve. ADOT’s records prove it! In 2009, the anti-litter clean up performance of the fifteen... 

Folksville USA Highway Litter Clean up event volunteers Sedona AZ (November 25, 2012) –Folksville USA Point Man Gary Chamberlain, picked up trash on Arizona Highway 89A over Thanksgiving weekend. The clean up was much easier and safer, he noted, because Flagstaff ADOT District mowed and cut brush for the Folksville USA November 19 litter clean up event. Chamberlain was quick to point out,... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Sedona AZ (July 5, 2012) – Folksville USA spokesman, Gary Chamberlain, is disgusted. “Elected city and county government officials from Camp Verde, Sedona, Cottonwood, Prescott Valley and around the Verde received invitations to participate in anti litter efforts organized by a group of highly motivated constituents aggravated with the state agency... 

Sedona AZ (April 11, 2010) – Plants don’t waste water, people do. April 2010 is Water Awareness Month. This month provides an opportunity to focus on becoming better water stewards. The Arizona Department of Water Resources asks that you to do your part in educating, celebrating, and taking action to save water – in April and every month. Arizona is desert southwest and its forests...